People v. Fenton
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NICHOLSON, J.
Defendant smuggled drugs into a jail by placing them between his toes. One drug was a controlled substance for which he held a physician’s prescription. The other drug was not a controlled substance. Convicted by jury of violating Penal Code sections 4573 (smuggling a controlled substance into a jail) and 4573.5 (smuggling a drug other than a controlled substance into a jail) and granted probation, defendant appeals. We conclude Penal Code section 4573 does not proscribe smuggling a controlled substance into a jail as long as the smuggler/inmate has a physician’s…
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